Something fishy here?
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/DANGER-FROM-THE-...QQcmdZViewItem

Correct me if I'm wrong...is this not a free game that is still in development? Something stinks here on EBay.:shifty:

I agree with you there AVG :yep: and await further posts with interest mate :hmm:

Yeah man, I was surfing ebay and saw this for bidding. Pretty slick but I think he is caught. Furthermore, I sent a question to the person that is bidding this about it. I await his response.....:nope:

I have seen others purchase burned SH3 DVD and being bidded as new on Ebay. I do not want to see another get burned for something that is free or is a fake copy.

Here is his reponse. "You are correct. This is GNU licenced softwar. You can purchase a DVD or download for free." So it seems he is selling burned disks at a profit. Is this a little screwed up or what?

You said it mate :yep: ...But believe me I've seen some seriously weird sh*t on ebay over the years :o

Some people really know no limits!:down:

You guys know what my point of view is...:down:

Its not unheard, of the guy is offering freeware for a small amount of money to mail it on a dvd instead of the person ordering it having to download it.

Though not exactly overly classy, he doesnt seem to be trying to charge an arm and a leg for it. Such offers also tend to be quite helpfull for those who dont have a broadband connection.

True. It's a small amount he's asking for the file, but does it really cost him almost $7 to mail a CD?

Depending on how he is shipping it yes, also its "shipping and handling" costs so im sure he tacked on a buck or 2 more to cover his "handling" of it heh

Well in the age of high speed internet there isn't much point is buying a freeware game. I mean the amount of time it would take to deliver you could probably download the thing on your 56k anyway.

The "community" (don't know what else to call it) is rather aware of this guy/these folks. They're apparently doing the same for Flight Gear (www.flightgear.org). Seems that most opinion is that what they're doing isn't really illegal, but downright shady, and deserves a swift kick in the karma.

'Course, on the other hand, if someone is stupid enough to "buy" it, without doing any research, they kinda deserve it. When you google "danger from the deep", the first link is the sourceforge page, with links to download it for free.

It's not much different than the folks who reproduce the Redhat CD's and resell 'em...

It is a crock of crap in my view. He is selling an incomplete game. He claims to be an authorized seller and distributor for this game. The meek shall inherit the earth and this game:shifty:

I understand the good faith in this guy, if his intentions are to help out those without bandwidth to download this. But i think all who contributes to this game should make a site where people could buy this, and not let every stray back alley cat earn money on it. Then the money could go to further development of the game. And as said above, its unfinished, so the product value isnt so good.

The question I have is there anyone we could report this person to in order to shut him down?